Heavenly Coconut Seduction Cake

Imagine an impossibly tender coconut cake mounded with a billowy cloud of coconut-imbued unsweetened whipped cream and then a generous crowning of sweetened coconut flakes. The taste is like a gentle explosion of coconut flavor, accentuated with a light spray of sugar.

Although the cake still has a wonderful, albeit denser, texture when made ahead, it is at its most ethereal when prepared à la minute. In other words: Bake it, cool it, top it with whipped cream and coconut, ca